Chapter 181: Foresight

This Blood Blade originally was at the Sixth Sea Transformation level; now having taken the Blood Demon Pill, its demonic‑transformed state is already comparable to the Eighth Sea Transformation, and it's also wielding a False Holy Artifact—can Ye Liuyun withstand it?

Moreover, Ye Liuyun has already fought nineteen battles in a row, so some wear is inevitable. In this condition, Ye Liuyun is at a severe disadvantage!

However, after the Dean and the others saw Ye Liuyun's expression, they felt a little reassured.

Ye Liuyun simply stood calmly in place, with not a hint of panic or worry in his eyes.

"Won't you draw your blade?" Blood Blade's voice had already become hoarse and muffled!

"Kill you! No need!" Ye Liuyun said lightly.

"Hmph! Still want to use a Spiritual Soul Attack? My Soul, under the effect of the Blood Demon Pill, has already demonicized; your illusion techniques are useless against me! Moreover, my Soul is immensely powerful, and any other attacks won't be fast enough to stop me from killing you!"

After speaking, he raised the False Holy Artifact in his hand high, releasing True Essence suffused with blood‑killing aura, mixed with pitch‑black Demon Qi, slowly coalescing in the air into the shape of a blood‑thirsty demonic blade.

"Is that so?" Ye Liuyun said contemptuously, then immediately unleashed four hundred Soul Swords, charging into Blood Blade's mind.

In fact, Blood Blade's blade intent, though a relatively strong killing intent, is far weaker than his; it has only just attained a hint of conception. Yet now Blood Blade can unleash the power of the Eighth Sea Transformation, far beyond what Ye Liuyun can resist with sheer force!

Therefore, his most effective strategy is to use the Soul Swords to directly extinguish Blood Blade's demonicized Soul.

Four hundred Soul Swords imbued with Blood Thunder and Golden Crow Holy Fire formed a sword formation, directly attacking Blood Blade's Soul.

Blood Blade's Soul has already become a Blood Demon, its body drenched in fresh blood and exuding black Demon Qi, exactly mirroring his own condition.

But even if his Soul is stronger, it is still just a Soul. Facing the breathtaking formation of four hundred Soul Swords, Blood Blade's Soul trembles incessantly.

"How is this possible! Your Soul is so powerful!"

Blood Blade's Soul roared.

But that roar abruptly ceased soon after.

Two hundred Soul Swords have already shredded his Soul outright.

Ye Liuyun's Soul Swords not only attack; they also carry lightning and Golden Crow Holy Fire—each swing creates a void. The two hundred Soul Swords erased Blood Blade's Soul completely, leaving nothing.

Ye Liuyun recalled the Soul Swords, cold‑looking at Blood Blade. All those Spiritual Soul Attacks occurred only in an instant.

The blood‑thirsty demonic blade that Blood Blade had been forming in the air ceased to coalesce, and the True Essence and Demon Qi began to dissipate rapidly.

Soon, snowflakes fell again.

Blood Blade collapsed on the ground, his body reverting to its original size.

The scene was oddly quiet.

Twenty elite disciples of the Blood Demon Sect stormed in to avenge, but none of them could force Ye Liuyun beyond his second move; each was killed with a single strike.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun, in the eyes of those disciples, seemed like a Killer God, so powerful that they felt awe.

"How dare you kill Blood Blade!"

Steering Master Shen Peng of the Blood Demon Sect shouted suddenly.

An Elder of the Blood Demon Sect also cried angrily, "Do you know who Blood Blade is? He is the sect leader's Ninth Prince!"

"Dead? Another Spiritual Soul Attack?" many disciples, confused, still cheered.

Ye Liuyun calmly collected the blood‑thirsty demonic blade and Blood Blade's Storage Ring.

"He came to my door to kill me; can I still not kill him?"

Ye Liuyun retorted coldly.

"What status do you have to compare with our sect leader's son?"

Shen Peng said, brandishing an additional sword of a False Holy Artifact in his hand toward Ye Liuyun.

"Audacious!" the Grand Elder shouted, waved a hand, and a stream of True Essence surged toward Shen Peng's attack.

With a booming crack, Shen Peng's attack was intercepted in midair.

In fact, even without the block, Ye Liuyun would not be hurt; protective Formations surround the arena, and this sword could not reach him.

At the same time, around Shen Peng and the Elder's positions, ripples of energy surged.

Immediately thereafter, nine flaming giant dragons materialized out of thin air, attacking the two of them.

In a few moments, both were burned into a wretched, scorched mess, heads singed and faces ruined!

This Formation was set up in advance by Ye Liuyun through Qiong Qi. He knew those Blood Demon Sect scoundrels never reason, and would certainly make excuses after losing.

"Do you Saint Martial Academy, relying on your home ground, intend to bully us?"

Seeing the situation turn dire, Shen Peng had to devise another plan. The power of this great array was immense; the two of them could not break the Formation in an instant. Moreover, this great array would certainly annihilate them before they could dismantle it.

"Clearly you broke the rules by striking the arena participants first! No wonder we're angry! Fire Old Man, give them another blaze! Eradicate those two old bastards directly!" Ye Liuyun declared loudly.

"Alright!" a ragged, tattered old man in torn clothes rushed out, activating the Formation.

"Boom!" the fire dragons inside the array instantly thickened twofold, attacking the two again.

Hearing this, Shen Peng's face turned ashen, and he silently resisted the Formation's assault with all his might. Yet the fire dragons this time were fiercer; he couldn't block even a single strike, his hair and clothes ignited, instantly turning him into a walking flame!

"The Steering Master is merely momentarily angry; you cannot kill us here because of that!" the Blood Demon Sect's Elder shouted in alarm.

"Ye Liuyun, spare them! This incident today must have a witness, after all," the Dean said.

"Very well, since the Dean interceded, Fire Old Man, trap them," Ye Liuyun said again to the Fire Old Man.

Thus the Formation ceased attacking them, but the nine fire dragons trapped the two in the center of the great array.

The onlooking disciples cheered loudly, exclaiming how thrilling it was!

The Grand Elder, the Dean, and the others all wore smiles.

The Dean explained to the Grand Elder, "Ye Liuyun truly has foresight! He had long anticipated that those two wouldn't surrender easily, so he pre‑arranged the Formation."

"Oh, does my disciple also know Formations?" the Grand Elder said naturally.

"Um… you haven't even taken a master yet, and you already call him a disciple! That's too impatient!" the Dean, secretly scheming, kept silent.

He merely explained, "The one who knows Formations is the beast he subdued, that old man!" The Dean looked at the fire old man controlling the Formation.

The fire old man is Qiong Qi.

The Grand Elder investigated and confirmed it was indeed a beast, which surprised him even more.

"My disciple actually tamed a Saint Realm Monster Beast? He can Beast Taming?" he asked the Dean, slightly excited.

"Yes, Ye Liuyun can Beast Taming. However, the Saint Realm Monster Beast he tamed is not one, but three! And there is also a Sea Transformation Eightfold Monster Beast! The species are all extremely rare, and their bloodlines are pure," the Dean said slowly.

The Grand Elder was so startled he almost pulled out his own beard, and couldn't help but look at Ye Liuyun again, growing more fond of him the longer he stared.

Ye Liuyun said to the helmsman of Qi Tian, "Apologize to me at once! I have little patience. In the time of three breaths, if you don't apologize, you'll die inside!"